No ticks in the yard yet. I haven't walked to the fields (and probably won't!). I don't see any on the dog either.

My dogs are covered but their Frontline kills them. If I touch a dog after their "trip" I get their ticks. The boys have been going on excursions since the two floods I've had this spring have played havoc with my radio fence wires ( which are not buried). I got about 5 little ticks on me yesterday working on putting wire mesh on the barbed wire fence with twist ties. Honey can get through small holes. I don't worry about the old dogs because they have had lots of fun through the years doing whatever it is they do. They come back muddy covered with stickers. Honey is probably out there fighting groundhogs and raccoons and he is not big enough for that.